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State Chapters => NY/NJ => Topic started by: Gefn on April 09, 2020, 01:26:57 pm

Title: NJ primary moved to July 7
Post by: Gefn on April 09, 2020, 01:26:57 pm

Murphy officially delays New Jersey primary to July 7: ‘I don’t want a Wisconsin’

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Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday officially postponed New Jersey’s primary election from June 2 to July 7 because of the coronavirus pandemic, declaring, “I don’t want a Wisconsin, where folks have to pick between exercising their right to vote on the one hand and protecting their own personal health.”

Murphy said he signed an executive order to delay the primary for two reasons.

“First, we want to preserve the possibility that improvements in the public health situation will allow for in-person voting, and delaying the primary by five weeks increases the likelihood of that,” Murphy said during his daily briefing. “If, failing that, we eventually have to make the move to a statewide all vote-by-mail election … we have to make sure our systems are able to handle that.”

https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2020/04/08/murphy-officially-delays-new-jersey-primary-to-july-7-i-dont-want-a-wisconsin-1273863 (https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2020/04/08/murphy-officially-delays-new-jersey-primary-to-july-7-i-dont-want-a-wisconsin-1273863)

Title: Re: NJ primary moved to July 7
Post by: Gefn on April 09, 2020, 01:28:03 pm

Not that it matters now. It’s pretty much decided it’s Biden vs Trump, right?